American fencer Elizabeth Tartakovsky talks mental health ahead of Olympic debut in Paris

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The 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo helped to change the conversation around mental health. 

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles led the charge in speaking publicly about the challenges that athletes face and the difficulty in overcoming those moments on the world’s biggest stage. 

United States' Simone Biles prepares to compete on the beam during Women's Qualifications at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday, Oct.1, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Speaking to Fox News Digital, American fencer Elizabeth Tartakovsky, who will be representing Team USA for the first time in Paris this summer, spoke about her own mental health journey and just how important it is that the topic now has visibility. 

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"I think it's really great that right now we're speaking so openly about mental health."

"I reached success at a young age," the 23-year-old New Jersey native recalled. "And then, once I started to get a little bit more mature, the field started to get more competitive, I realized that it's a grind." 

"You have to lose more than you win to learn, and have to learn to be resilient."

Elizabeth Tartakovsky of Team USA prepares to fence against Team Poland during the Junior Team Women's Sabre Event at the Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships on April 9, 2017 at the Plovdiv International Fair in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (Devin Manky/Getty Images)

Tartakovsky comes from fencing royalty. Her great uncle, famed Olympic fencing coach and U.S. Hall of Famer Yury Gelman, was her introduction into the sport. She watched from home as he coached the men’s Sabre